What a month!

Sometimes the days get away from you. In my case, an entire month! Here's a quick look into what I've been up to...

A hospital visit. Miss Sass has asthma. A few weeks ago, she had an asthma attack and just couldn't recover. We rushed to the ER and spent the night there. She had another asthma attack that same weekend. It was not as severe as the first and we did not have to go back in. However, she was then on additional steroids for a little over a week. If you have ever had a child on prednisone, you understand the challenge here! We had a wild child for two weeks!  

I am also going through some medical junk... I'm being tested for Celiac disease. More people than ever have at least heard of Celiac disease and gluten intolerance/sensitivity, so some of you may know what this means. I was put on a gluten free diet in the spring following blood tests and have felt so much better! Now however, they have decided to do a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. This means I have to eat gluten again until the test is completed. This means all of my symptoms are coming back, but with a vengeance! I've been throwing up daily and had severe headaches and back pain and I feel like I can barely focus on anything! I'm sure many of you don't care, but hey, it's my blog. Right? :) 

Another hospital visit.... Miss Sass again. Not asthma this time. She was chasing her brother through the house and got two fingers slammed in a door. Thankfully, there were no broken bones! She has a pretty nasty gash on one of the fingers and some bruising and swelling on both. It looks to be healing well and will not require stitches, so long as the skin re-attaches itself properly and there is not any infection. 

My work and my husband's work have been very busy and overwhelming lately. My hubby has worked many late nights and weekends. With three kids, all involved in different activities, the day just flies by! 

All of these things have kept me racing around and feeling that I don't have time even for the things that must be done each day. But things are starting to calm down. It feels like we've finally established a routine for our daily activities. 

So, here is the beginning of a list of posts I've had waiting for me to write and publish. Hope you've all had a great month and I look forward to getting back into the swing of things! 

Princess Party - Tutu Set

So, this week has been a rough one for Miss Sass. She has asthma and allergies. She missed two days of school, had two appts with the doctor and is on 3 steroids, breathing treatments, an antibiotic, and allergy meds. (Plus some tylenol for headache and chills) So, we didn't do hair everyday and the days we did, it was just ponytails or piggies. I think I looked through pics every night trying to post about something and there was just nothing there! However, I did get to make a Tutu set last week and I wanted to share some photos with you all from that bday party. ;)

RC is for Residual Complications...

It appears Sissy's illness is not in the past after all. :( She now has what is basically asthma. Apparently this is a complication from the pneumonia she had and may take some time to before it's gone. She started with breathing treatments + steriods. And then after two weeks, she will be be on just Xopenex as needed. The pneumonia seems to have healed completely, but what she has now could go away quickly or stick around for years, even the rest of her life. There is really no way to tell, but also nothing to suggest it will interfere with normal life. Right now we are hopeful and praying for healing. ;)